The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-28
GENERAL NEWS.

The argument to make permanent stay
Of the proceedings in the case Of Jacob
Sharp was continued yesterday in New
York before Judge Potter in the Supreme
Court.
The executive committee of tie Spinners'
Union Of Fall River, Mass, is considering
the adyisability of allowing the spinners in
q number Of factories to strike, owing to bad
work caused by the alleged poor stock fur
nished. The committee will report at the
next regular meeting.
A British ship which arrived at quarantine
in New York, Monday, has on board several
cases of small pox. She left Rio Janeiro 45
days ago with cargo of coffee and ten pas
sengers. On the passage three children died
of small pox and were buried at sea. One
woman, two seamen aud the ships steward
were found to have the disease when the
ship arrived. They are in quarantine in the
hospital.
The building occupied by the Boston cloth
ing house and Franklin's house furnishing
bazaar at Minneapolis were burned Tuesday
evening. Loss S165.0OO; insured $4,000.
The adjoining buildings were damaged to
the extent of $4,000. A fireman was seri-
ously injured by the falling Of plate glass.
The General Society Of the Cincinnati met
at Providence, X. l., yesterday.
President Cleveland has accepted the in
vitatlon to visit Kansas City, Mo-, during
his Western tour.
AT the annual meeting Of the Boston Tele-
graph Company at White River junction,
VT, yesterday, NOrvin Green of New York
was elected president.
District Worthy Foreman William II.
Plummer of Framingham was chosen q dele
gate to the Knights of Labor Convention at
Minneapolis next fall by the quarterly con-
yentlon OF Southern New Hampshire at
Dover, yesterday.
L I Curran a uall Irnoun ch;oaoo noIiti
clan, has sued Congressman Frank Lawler
to recover $500 which he paid to Lawler in
1885, to cover his expenses in going to Wash
lngton to secure for Curran the place of col
lector of customs at Chicago.
About 200 Italians, employed in laying
pipes for the Mont Claire On. J) water COM
pany, struck Tuesday for an advance of wa
ges. New men were taking the places Of the
old hands yesterday, when they were driven
off by the strikers, who threatened to kill
any Italian who worked for S1.40 day. The
strikers paraded the streets with a red flag
before they attacked the new hands.
Both w. P. Tlsdel, late commissioner to
the Free State of the Congo from the United
States, and Lieut.. Emery Taunton, who has
just returned from an exploring expedition
on the Congo river, in reference to the re-
ported death Of Henry NJ. Stanley, after
carefully reviewing all the published rumOrs,
declare positively their belief that Stanley
was not murdered, and say that it is quite
unlikely that he was drowned, except in case
OF panic on the boat, in which event, as
the river Is treacherous, the result would be
hard to tell.
A duel was fought Tuesday evening on the
banks Of the fazoo river opposite Green
wood, Miss, between George Evans and Bud
Harris Both we're well kRawn--colered
men. They-selected double barreled shot
guns loaded with buck shot, at two PAGES
Evans fell dead and Harris was fatally
wounded
John Crowley hired team of Frank
Sheppard OF Waterbury, Conn.,, July 7th,
and sold the team and went to his home in
Waltham, Mass. Here he quarreled with
his sweetheart and shot himself. He is dan
gerously hurt. If he RECEIVERS he will be tried
In Waterbury for stealing the team.
The committee Of organization of the new
association to be formed by the rubber deal
ers OF the country is continuously in session.
A meeting will soon be called either in Bos-
ton or New York. They propose to lump
their capital into trust company and re-
ceiye trust certificates in the new company
IN lieu thereof. About S20,0O0,O00 capital is
represented.
At the Cleveland, Ohio, meet yesterday the
227 class was won by Amy Ring, best time
20; and the 2.23 class by Mcleod, best
time 2.1S.
The second day of the ninth annual gath
ering Of the Unitarian Grove Meeting Asso-
cldblOn at NelrS, N. H., attracted fully 400
people yesterday. The management is high
ly pleased with the prospects Of successful
meetings during the week
The Riverside Iron and Steel Company, of
which w. T. Harris is president, has as
signed. Liabilities, $500, 1000; assets, $50, ,OO0
Wilfred Weodruff, President of the Twelve
and Church Historian, Will probably succeed
President VIM. Taylor of the Mormon
Church.
The Detroit Free Press claims that the
present trip of Gen. Alger, Chauncy M.
Depew and Henry b. Ledyard to Europe in
wolves railroad scheme of the first magni-
tude. The purpose is to place 81, 900 900 in
bonds OF new transcOntinental road with
English capitalists. 1t is designed to build
entirely new lines from the Straits of Mack
inaw to Duluth.
Charles Nathanscn, an employe of ethe
Austrian post office, has been arrested on the
steamer La Champagne off Sandy Hook,
charged with embezzling $4,000. A large
amount of the stolen funds in French
gold and American greenbacks were
found on him. A rearch of his
trunks revealed complete set of disguises
among them several complete suits OF fe-
male apparel, even to the under-clothing. He
also had an old mans disguise and it was
evident that he had made every preparation
against discovery. On the voyage out Ma
thans0n had kept himself aloof from the
other passengers, so much so as to excite
remark.